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SADOW: The Implications Of The Community College Capital Outlay Bill
Moving through the legislative process is SB 204, a bill that causes perplexed and contradictory reactions, but seldom any real understanding of its genuine meaning going forward. The bill sponsored by state Sen. Robert Adley would allow the Louisiana Community... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Another Stupid Vote In The House, This Time On College Tuition
Two higher education reform bills failed to pass yesterday in the Louisiana Legislature. While one appears to be a goner, passage of the other at least ameliorates the consequences of that to some degree. State Rep. Thomas Carmody’s HB 87... (Continue reading)
SADOW: No, We Don’t Need A Department Of Elderly Affairs
While it may spark a useful discussion on a larger question of government organization, the proposal for Louisiana to create a Department of Elderly Affairs given the current environment is unwise – although that may not be the main reason... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Yvonne Dorsey’s A Bit Hypocritical, No?
The hypocrisy demonstrated in a statement made by a Louisiana legislator – likely shared by many of her partisan colleagues – illuminates the toxic mindset of the left’s impact on the lives of citizens, but especially on the black community,... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Recent Judicial Race Should Be A Caution On Pay Hike For Judges
This week, the Louisiana Legislature will continue its look at raising judicial salaries again with state Sen. Danny Martiny‘s SB 188. While the debate mostly may turn on cost/benefit calculations such as whether the state can afford more in order... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Don’t Spend That New REC Money All In One Place
Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Legislature’s “fiscal hawks” everywhere ought to be glad that the Revenue Estimating Conference agreed on a higher forecast for revenues eligible in spending for this current fiscal year and the next. They’d better be, because... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Here’s A Poll Mary Landrieu Sure Won’t Like
Dueling polls give a conflicting picture on how Louisianans react to expanded gun control. But the real story emerging is how Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu’s chances at reelection are dwindling to nothing. A couple of weeks ago Public Policy Polling,... (Continue reading)
SADOW: And Now, Some Dumb Anti-Privatization Bills
Today at hearings of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, state Rep. Kenny Havard might repeat what he said about his HB 240 on a previous occasion that the bill was not against privatization. Should he do so, it merely... (Continue reading)
SADOW: The Independence Bowl’s New Sponsor Could Be…Us
It no longer may be called the Independence Bowl, but Shreveport’s AdvoCare V100 Bowl keeps on defying expectations with its continued existence despite a host of disadvantages. And now, apparently, there’s an attempt afoot to allow local government-allied agencies dip... (Continue reading)
SADOW: The Fiscal Hawks Know That Tax Amnesty Money Is One-Time Money, Right?
Q: What do “fiscal hawks” do when they want to spend scarlet “one-time money” on general fund operating expenses? A: They call it “amnesty.” And there’s the rabbit pulled from the hat by the “hawks,” a group almost entirely composed... (Continue reading)
SADOW: It’s A ‘Sick Tax’ Rather Than A ‘Bed Tax’ – And It’s A Bad Idea
Don’t look now, and it may take while, but on top of increased premiums, pricing, and taxes resulting from imposition of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), now the Louisiana Legislature is setting the stage for its own... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Supremes Throw Jindal A Speed-Bump On Vouchers
The Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the funding mechanism for the state’s scholarship voucher program causes another complication for Gov. Bobby Jindal and state Legislature, but represents little more than a bump in the road for the path-breaking... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Was It Cowardice That Produced The Fiscal Hawks’ Plan?
With the presentation of their New Coke-like alternative budget plan for Louisiana’s upcoming fiscal year, the self-styled “fiscal hawk” budget reformers finally uncloak themselves in confirmation of the worst fears of genuine budget reformers and true fiscal conservatives. The document... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Can We Please Kill This Idiotic Medicaid Expansion?
While the latest attempt to expand Medicaid coverage in Louisiana has been greeted with some political and in public relations success it’s merely a matter of old sour wine in new bottles that compels its rejection. Last week, SB 125 by Sen. Karen... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Jindal Might Have More Arrows In His Quiver Than The Fiscal Hawks Think
First, it was the political agenda of the moribund Louisiana Democrats that the so-called “fiscal hawks” may revive. And depending on what they do this week in the Louisiana Legislature, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s prospects may be brightened as well while... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Why Not Just Do Away With The Solar And Film Giveaways?
It’s a start to reducing wasteful spending in Louisiana government, but the timidity involved seems unlikely to start the snowball rolling necessary to deal significantly with the larger problem of wealth transfer of the many to the few. HB 705... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Are The Fiscal Hawks Figuring Out How To Play This Game?
With the first move made on the Louisiana budgetary chess board, the next came yesterday setting up the potential for competing versions of the document. What’s next, and does it mean genuine budgetary and fiscal reform is on the way?... (Continue reading)
SADOW: The Fiscal Hawks’ Pyrrhic Budget Victory
The self-styled “fiscal hawks” of the Louisiana House of Representatives won a couple of battles yesterday – at the cost of near-certain defeat in the larger war to control the state’s budgeting process and in empowering their strange bedfellow allies... (Continue reading)
SADOW: The Fiscal Hawks Are Making Another Mistake
Almost two years ago this space predicted that a desire by many Louisiana House Republicans to posture as budget reformers, leading to adoption of House Rule 7.19, would continue to haunt them. Another spectral appearance of the rule is about... (Continue reading)
SADOW: John Bel Edwards’ Dumb Stafford Palmieri Bill
No doubt proclaimed 2015 gubernatorial candidate state Rep. John Bel Edwards understands the populist element in Louisiana’s political culture and wants to tap into it to facilitate his future political ambitions. It’s the only explanation short of idiocy for his... (Continue reading)
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Quote Of The Day, May 23, 2013
“The Progressive believes in precisely two things: his own magnificence and the constructive power of brute force. In combination, they lead him naturally from the role of pestiferous busybody to brutal dictator. Where the productive man dreams of the things he might create if only left alone by his fellows, the Progressive dreams of the world he could create if only the lives and property of his fellows were at his disposal. The roots of his pathology lie in that oldest and most destructive of all human vices, the desire for the power to rule over other men.”